8.3/103 votes#1 - Red Glare
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 11/21/2004
The 1953 murder of a white school teacher, a communist sympathizer who was involved in civil-rights issues, is reopened after the victim's youngest son asks for it to be reinvestigated. The probe reveals that the slain man was killed on the same day that the Rosenbergs were executed and was set to testify the next day before the House Committee on Un-American Activities.
Director: Tim Matheson
Writer: Dan Dworkin
8.1/1020 votes#2 - Children of the Dark
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 10/17/2007
When home invasions involve the murder of entire families, the BAU is called to Denver to identify the killers who possibly have been abused while in foster care.
Director: Guy Norman Bee
Writer: Dan Dworkin
8.1/1016 votes#3 - Memoriam
Season 4 Episode 7 - Aired 11/12/2008
As Reid's investigation of a young boy's murder in Las Vegas continues, he discovers possible connections to his own past.
Director: Guy Norman Bee
Writer: Dan Dworkin
8.0/104 votes#4 - Late Returns
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 4/4/2004
The shooting death of a man in his driveway is connected to the unsolved 1992 murder of a Democratic campaign worker whose lifeless body was thrown into a nearby river on election night. The investigation centers on the relationship the dead woman had with a present-day congressman. Apparently, the victim in the current homicide probed into the earlier slaying and discovered damning new evidence. Elsewhere, Lilly spies Kite flirting with a new ADA and gets jealous.
Director: David Straiton
Writer: Dan Dworkin
8.0/101 votes#5 - Mala Sangre
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 10/7/2014
As Sayer's endgame is finally revealed, Tony's relationships with the CIA and his family will change forever.
Director: Robert Rodriguez
Writer: Dan Dworkin
8.0/101 votes#6 - Episode 8
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/14/2005
Jackson helps Laura and Rich build a submersible so that they can visit a site where the creatures spawn. Meanwhile, the Bennett's consider boot camp as a way to discipline Miles.
Director: John Behring
Writer: Dan Dworkin
8.0/101 votes#7 - Episode 11
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 1/2/2006
Rich and Laura try to get the footage of their trip to the ocean bottom to a news station before Lee can stop them. Meanwhile, Miles must watch as doctors prepare Nim for an autopsy.
Director: Michael Robison
Writer: Dan Dworkin
8.0/101 votes#8 - Episode 14
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 1/30/2006
Laura and Rich decide that it's time to get some answers from Lee as Laura considers going back home. Meanwhile, Miles gets in trouble with the local residents after a violent incident with a bully.
Director: Jean de Segonzac
Writer: Dan Dworkin
7.9/1015 votes#9 - The Angel Maker
Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 10/1/2008
A series of murders is linked to a serial killer executed a year earlier, and the BAU team must find the link between the dead killer and the new spate of crimes.
Director: Glenn Kershaw
Writer: Dan Dworkin
7.8/104 votes#10 - Pilot
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 4/2/2018
After 47 refugees mysteriously wash up in a small fishing town, local sheriff Jude Ellis teams with DHS agent Emma Ren to assess their unusual claim ... that they're fleeing a war 180 years in the future. The mystery deepens when Jude realizes that one of the new arrivals possesses heightened abilities and is a threat to his town, setting the two of them on a collision course. As the rest of the refugees acclimate to their unfamiliar surroundings, Emma learns that one has information that calls into question everything she thought she knew about our present time.
Director: Rob Bowman
Writer: Dan Dworkin
7.8/1016 votes#11 - Limelight
Season 3 Episode 13 - Aired 1/23/2008
After the contents of a self-storage unit purchased at an auction take the BAU to Philadelphia to investigate a series of murders, the local agent becomes the center of the case. To catch the killer, the team must profile the items inside the unit.
Director: Glenn Kershaw
Writer: Dan Dworkin
7.8/1015 votes#12 - Tabula Rasa
Season 3 Episode 19 - Aired 5/14/2008
After a suspected serial killer wakes up from a coma, the BAU reopens the case and uses brain fingerprinting to determine if he really doesn't remember the crimes that had been committed four years earlier in Roanoke, Virginia.
Director: Steve Boyum
Writer: Dan Dworkin
7.8/1016 votes#13 - Cold Comfort
Season 4 Episode 14 - Aired 2/11/2009
The mother of an abducted child works with the BAU to apprehend a serial killer who kidnaps, murders, and embalms his victims.
Director: Anna Foerster
Writer: Dan Dworkin
7.8/1015 votes#14 - Roadkill
Season 4 Episode 23 - Aired 5/6/2009
An unsub who kills with his car is the subject of a BAU investigation.
Director: Steve Boyum
Writer: Dan Dworkin
7.7/109 votes#15 - Intrigue
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 10/26/2011
The Grayson 4th of July parties are legendary, but this year's festivities ignite the wrong kind of fireworks when an incriminating surveillance video pops up and breaks the bond of trust between the Graysons and their head of security, Frank. Frank won't go down without a fight, which will spell trouble for Nolan and Emily. Meanwhile, the tension between Emily and Tyler will come to a head, Daniel can't seem to catch a break, and both of the Porter boys make bold moves to get their girl.
Director: Tim Hunter
Writer: Dan Dworkin
7.6/107 votes#16 - Young Hearts Spark Fire
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 3/23/2015
While on a mission to save lost hikers, Team Scorpion’s helicopter crashes, igniting a massive wildfire that quickly closes in on them. Also, Sylvester must help their injured pilot who is unable to make it to safer ground.
Director: Mel Damski
Writer: Dan Dworkin
7.6/1015 votes#17 - Reckoner
Season 5 Episode 3 - Aired 10/7/2009
The BAU investigates a case in Rossi's hometown that involves both his personal and professional life.
Director: Karen Gaviola
Writer: Dan Dworkin
7.5/1040 votes#18 - If Memory Serves
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 3/7/2019
Spock and Burnham head to Talos IV, where the process of healing Spock forces the siblings to confront their troubled past. Stamets desperately tries to reconnect with Hugh, while Tyler struggles to shed the crew's suspicions of him due to his past as Voq.
Director: T.J. Scott
Writer: Dan Dworkin
7.3/1010 votes#19 - Infamy
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 1/11/2012
Emily sets her sights on a new target when a famed author who has deep ties with both the Graysons and the Clarkes returns to town and Conrad proves how dirty he's willing to get when Daniel gets dragged into the divorce.
Director: Matt Earl Beesley
Writer: Dan Dworkin
7.3/1025 votes#20 - Red Dawn
Season 9 Episode 5 - Aired 10/16/2019
As twilight broaches, the survivors brace for a final brawl.
Director: Gwyneth Horder-Payton
Writer: Dan Dworkin
7.0/103 votes#21 - Revenge
Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 3/13/2005
Lt. Stillman's priest informs him of a long ago confession where a man confessed being involved in the 1998 kidnapping of a 9-year old boy. The case is reopened with this new lead, and it turns out the truth is closer to home.
Director: David Von Ancken
Writer: Dan Dworkin
7.0/103 votes#22 - A Shadow Out of Time
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 4/9/2018
In a flash-forward to the year 2187, Reece finds Leah, an orphaned Common baby, and goes against her Apex cohorts to take her in as her own. In present day, Jude – hoping for a peaceful solution with the Feds – is blindsided by a mysterious black-ops team’s intent on capturing Reece by any means necessary.
Director: David Von Ancken
Writer: Dan Dworkin
7.0/1015 votes#23 - As Above, So Below
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/16/2021
Young professor Robert Langdon is pulled into a complex mystery when his mentor is kidnapped.
Director: Dan Trachtenberg
Writer: Dan Dworkin
6.3/103 votes#24 - East of Eden
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 10/30/2022
Julian recovers Colin from an unlikely savior. Sunday can't shake a connection from her past and present cases. Michelle considers what she wants – and what Colin needs.
Director: Damian Marcano
Writer: Dan Dworkin
6.0/101 votes#25 - Quid Go Pro
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 7/15/2014
Tony Bravo, a DEA agent from Boyle Heights, is recruited by a little-known branch of the CIA for a top-secret mission: investigate the LA Riot—one of the greatest soccer teams in the world—by going undercover as one of their players. Tony will need the espionage skills to impress his handlers and some fast footwork to make the team, or The Beautiful Game could end in sudden death. Is Tony in for the win?
Director: Robert Rodriguez
Writer: Dan Dworkin
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"Red Glare" is the best rated episode written by Dan Dworkin. It scored 8.333/10 based on 3 votes. It was directed by Tim Matheson. It aired on 11/21/2004 and is rated 0.2 points higher than their second-best episode, "Children of the Dark".